Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Finally collected my TFs last night!!!! Hahahaha... And for a time I thought I will not be buying TFs anymore... All from Taobao.com...

Bootleg / KO Masterpiece MP12 Sideswipe
... or Lambor, if going by the Japanese name... Box came in half-crushed, but toy is intact, and I don't really care for the box condition... Did not imagine that I will ever buy a Masterpiece mold for the Autobot cars, as I always felt the robot mode does not seem "masterpiece" enough to be called a Masterpiece... but the Lamborghini car mode is nice, and the price if bought from Taobao.com including shipping is not too bad, only approximately $30.80... in fact, quite fortunate a few weeks ago I did not buy 1 from CSC which is selling at $45... Lots of plastic sprue not cleanly cut, or damaged parts, but with a little trimming this KO or bootleg should be good... nice... For common problems and solutions of this KO, please google/yahoo/etc for a comprehensive list... This KO also came with a pair of silver chromed chisel-like parts, as used by Sideswipe in 1 of the G1 cartoon episode...

Edit: Add in some pictures of my KO / bootleg MP12, after fixing the issues:
(1) Tighten head cover piece and some trimming to fit head-pieces better
(2) Tighten peg-hole for shoulder cannon
(3) Restore peg on the Flare Gun's handle to its proper shape and thickness in order to secure in the peg-hole of its right palm.
(4) Trim waist parts in order to form upper torso properly (very hard work)
(5) Tighten loose leg joints
(6) Ends of metal rod inserted into the black pieces are painted black colour to hide the shiny "circle"

"Waaachaaaa...!!!"

Edit #2: Add in some pictures of the car mode... nice...

KO (???) Masterpiece MP10U Ultra Magnus
And yes, intend to paint it with Tamiya metallic paint to become... Optimus Prime... hehehe... Couldn't find the KO MP10 OP version anymore in Taobao.com, so have to get a pure-white one to paint... hmm... silver paint is flaking off at the thigh-areas... Quite lousy... But then, it will be easier to remove the paint, hahahaha... Costs approximately $117... Expensive...

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Decided to paint up the purple parts of the KO TFC Hercules and any other remaining minor touching ups... And for this post, will be using the Constructicons' names instead of the TFC names... First up, the Constructicons landing with an all so popular 3 point landing / ground punch pose... Hahahaha...

"Scrapper arrives!!! Constructicons, report!!!"

"Mixmaster!"

"Scavenger!"

"Bonecrusher!"

"Hook!"

"Long Haul!"

"All Constructicons accounted for!"

Let the pictures do the talking...

Scrapper

Mixmaster

Scavenger

3 places to put the cabin... Each with its advantage and disadvantage...

..Finally, the form which is the reason that almost everyone who bought TFC Hercules, KO or not, for... Devastator!!!!! "Hi all *wave hand*, I am Devastator!"... Hahahahaha....

Did not paint the rifle gun to metallic purple as I wanted it to be better differentiated from the hand when held...

And finally a comparison picture of the Devastator before and after the modifications-restorations... And yes, probably this will be the transformer that I will be displaying outside the Detolf cabinets...

Edit: This picture will be a better comparison of the original V2 KO TFC Hercules and after the modding and restoring...

Now waiting for my KO MP-12, KO MP-10U Ultra Magnus (which I will paint to Optimus Prime colours in metallic), KO RTS Legends OP, and X-Transbots Apollyon aka Not-Masterpiece-Megatron... Sigh... Other countries have received their stock but not China, and the ironic thing is that China is the country that is making them... SIgh... hopefully they will not push beyond June... Hopefully...